URC semi-finals: Teams, kick off times
· The South African
The Bulls and Stormers will hope to successfully fly the South African flag when the URC semi-final kick off on Saturday, but it isn’t going to be easy for the two local franchises though as they have to take the fight to their opponents on foreign soil on Saturday for a spot in the Grand Final.
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The Bulls will be first into the fray, taking on the Glasgow Warriors in Edinburgh at 15:30, before the Stormers go head-to-head with defending champions Leinster in Dublin at 18:30.
The stakes could not be higher, with the final now in sight on Saturday, 20 June.
Both matches pit South Africa’s best against the top two sides from the pool stages, with Glasgow Warriors having earned the right to host after topping the standings and Leinster finishing in second place.
URC SEMI-FINALS KICK OFF TIMES AND TEAM SHEETS
Glasgow Warriors v Bulls
Date: Saturday, 6 June
Venue: Murrayfield, Edinburgh
SA Time: 15:30
Referee: Andrew Brace
TV: SuperSport
GLASGOW WARRIORS – 15 Josh McKay, 14 Kyle Steyn (c), 13 Stafford McDowall, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Kyle Rowe, 10 Dan Lancaster, 9 George Horne, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Rory Darge, 6 Matt Fagerson, 5 Alex Samuel, 4 Scott Cummings, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Gregor Hiddleston, 1 Patrick Schickerling.
Bench: 16 Seb Stephen, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Sam Talakai, 19 Jare Oguntibeju, 20 Euan Ferrie, 21 Sione Vailanu, 22 Jamie Dobie, 23 Adam Hastings.
BULLS – 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 Canan Moodie, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Stravino Jacobs, 10 Handré Pollard, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Cameron Hanekom, 7 Elrigh Louw, 6 Marcell Coetzee (c), 5 Ruan Nortjé, 4 Ruan Vermaak, 3 Francois Klopper, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp.
Bench: 16 Marco van Staden, 17 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 18 Wilco Louw, 19 Cobus Wiese, 20 Jeandré Rudolph, 21 Zak Burger, 22 Stedman Gans, 23 Nizaam Carr.
Leinster v Stormers
Date: Saturday, 6 June
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
SA Time: 18:30
Referee: Hollie Davidson
TV: SuperSport
LEINSTER – 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Jimmy O’Brien, 13 Rieko Ioane, 12 Jamie Osborne, 11 James Lowe, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Caelan Doris (c), 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Max Deegan, 5 James Ryan, 4 Joe McCarthy, 3 Thomas Clarkson, 2 Rónan Kelleher, 1 Andrew Porter.
Bench: 16 Gus McCarthy, 17 Alex Usanov, 18 Rabah Slimani, 19 Diarmuid Mangan, 20 Jack Conan, 21 Luke McGrath, 22 Harry Byrne, 23 Garry Ringrose.
STORMERS – 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Wandisile Simelane, 13 Ruhan Nel (c), 12 Dan du Plessis, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Jurie Matthee, 9 Imad Khan, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Paul de Villiers, 5 Connor Evans, 4 Adré Smith, 3 Neethling Fouché, 2 André-Hugo Venter, 1 Ntuthuko Mchunu.
Bench: 16 JJ Kotzé, 17 Vernon Matongo, 18 Zachary Porthen, 19 Salmaan Moerat, 20 Ruan Ackermann, 21 Marcel Theunissen, 22 Stefan Ungerer, 23 Warrick Gelant.
other information to note
Earlier in the week it was announced that Bulls scrumhalf Embrose Papier was crowned as the SA Vodacom URC Player of the Season, while eight players from the SA franchises were included in the Elite XV for 2026.
The URC also announced that SuperSport will continue to be the exclusive home broadcaster of the league in Sub-Saharan Africa following a multi-year rights renewal agreed with the CANAL+ Group, while Chris Smith, Quan Horn and Evan Roos also walked away with URC Awards for the 2025/26 season.